Giant Steps (subtitled In Memory of John Coltrane) is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan recorded in 1982 featuring compositions by John Coltrane.[1][2]

Giant Steps
Studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1982
Recorded	February 17–18, 1982
Studio	Eurosound, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:46
Label	Enja 4022
Producer	Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981) Giant Steps (1982) The Magic of 2 (1982)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, with reviewer Bob Rusch stating: "This set was particularly inventive; it was Coltrane's music, but it drinks of its own spirit. You won't listen for the familiar Trane solos, but you will listen!"[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote in 1996 that it was "one of the finest piano-trio albums of the last 20 years".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by John Coltrane.

1. "Mr. P.C." – 6:38
2. "Central Park West" – 5:38
3. "Syeeda's Song Flute" – 6:01
4. "Cousin Mary" – 7:13
5. "Naima" – 5:02
6. "Giant Steps" – 6:14

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Al Foster – drums

References